1 Corinthians 7:29

In 9 translations

BSB

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

KJV

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

WEB

But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

ASV

But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

LSV

And this I say, brothers, the time from now on is having been shortened—that both those having wives may be as not having;

YLT

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;

DBY

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

DRC

This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

GNV

And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν· τὸ λοιπὸν ἵνα καὶ οἱ ἔχοντες γυναῖκας ὡς μὴ ἔχοντες ὦσιν,

RP2018

Τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος· τὸ λοιπόν ἐστιν ἵνα καὶ οἱ ἔχοντες γυναῖκας ὡς μὴ ἔχοντες ὦσιν·

TR-Boyd

Τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος· τὸ λοιπόν ἐστιν ἵνα καὶ οἱ ἔχοντες γυναῖκας ὡς μὴ ἔχοντες ὦσι·ὅτι ¦ — STσυνεσταλμένος· τὸ λοιπόν ἐστιν ¦ συνεσταλμένος τὸ λοιπόν ἐστιν· ELZοἱ ¦ — ELZ

SCR1894

τουτο δε φημι αδελφοι οτι ο καιρος συνεσταλμενος το λοιπον εστιν ινα και οι εχοντες γυναικας ως μη εχοντες ωσιν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 John 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
• Romans 13:11–12And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us…
• 1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
• Hebrews 13:13–14Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
• James 4:13–16Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist…
• Ecclesiastes 12:13–14When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing,…
• 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
• 2 Peter 3:8–9Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is…
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Ecclesiastes 12:7–8before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
• Psalms 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
• Psalms 39:4–7“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but…
• Isaiah 24:1–2Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and…
• Psalms 90:5–10You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You…
• Isaiah 40:6–8A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on…
• Job 14:1–2“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

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